In the aftermath, one woman recorded rescue crews at work. Her video has gone viral, and her cousin in New Hampshire shared what it was like behind the camera.

The video is nearly seven minutes long and shows rescuers digging through a collapsed house to reach a woman and her elderly parents. As Tammy Moffitt recorded, you could hear her offering reassurance to the victims.

The cellphone video starts with the hum of chainsaws in Center Hill, Ark., where rescuers cut their way through the destruction.

At first, a woman and her dog were pulled from a house that collapsed around them. The woman told the rescuers her elderly parents were still trapped inside.

“My parents are in their 80s,” she said.

Moffitt’s cousin Jureen Borne lives in New Hampshire and shared the harrowing experience.

“Her and her husband were driving, and they happened to be in the middle of the tornado,” Borne said. “They got out of the car to help these people get out. It was devastation. She’s never been in that position before.”

The surviving family members heeded warnings they heard on television, and hid in a closet together to survive.